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FOUNDER TRAIL
A STARTUP SURVIVAL SIMULATOR
EVERY PLAYTHROUGH IS AI-GENERATED. EVERY DEATH IS PERMANENT.
I'M A FOUNDER — PASTE URL
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEA
SURPRISE ME
LEADERBOARD
TODAY
ALL TIME
LOADING
ENTER YOUR COMPANY URL
LAUNCH →
← BACK
DESCRIBE YOUR STARTUP IDEA
LAUNCH →
← BACK
ANALYZING YOUR LIFE CHOICES
YOU ARE THE COFOUNDER OF
CHOOSE YOUR DIFFICULTY:
HARD
— BOOTSTRAP
Credit card debt and delusion. 2x score.
NORMAL
— FIRST-TIME FOUNDER
Small angel round. One warm intro. 1x score.
EASY
— REPEAT FOUNDER
VCs take your call. You still have PTSD. 0.7x score.
EASY+
— STANFORD DROPOUT
a16z pre-seeded you at a party. 0.4x score.
BEGIN THE TRAIL →
AI AUTOPILOT ENGAGED — WATCHING YOUR STARTUP IMPLODE IN REAL TIME
TURN 1 / 16
RUNWAY
12
HYPE
40
USERS
10
MORALE
70
LET AI RUN MY STARTUP
SUBMIT TO GLOBAL LEADERBOARD
SUBMIT
RETRY
NEW COMPANY
DOWNLOAD CARD
SHARE X
SHARE LI
LEADERBOARD — HALL OF FAME / SHAME
GLOBAL
MY RUNS
← BACK
CLEAR MY HISTORY
Made in jest by the
thread.app
team. No startups were harmed in the making of this game.
(Several were roasted.)